Hello, We list below items that we have on auction starting Thursday 10th July 2014.
Full descriptions with images and reserve pricing are given on the auction site. http://www.antiquarianauctions.com The auction is on preview now, full details are available once the auction opens for bidding. A pdf file of our auction listings is available on request, abbreviated listing given below. The auction commences Thursday 10th July and finishes Thursday 17th October at 18.30 local time. You need to register to take part in the auction and either myself or antiquarianauctions.com will be pleased to assist you with the bidding process - which is actually simplicity in itself. If you can log in, you can bid. A special note. There is _no_ buyers premium payable on the hammer prices (up to 25% on conventional auctions). The winning bid is the price that is paid (hopefully by you). This selection includes more letters and documents relating to the Moodie family. Also a book inscribed by Taubie Kushlik, South African actress, and two ALS from Tini Vorster, wife of John Vorster. -------------------------------------------------- Lot 176. Major Roper. ALS dd Edinburgh Feb 12th 1747 to Captain Moodie. Naval correspondence from Lord Albemarle advising Captain Moodie that he is being moved. Commodore Smith is being replaced by Commodore Gowrie to take command of the station. Lord Albemarle is recommending "the taking you away from a place which his Lordship is sensible must be extremely disagreeable to you" Lot 177 (James Scott) AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT. dd 1819. Vidimus Of The Affairs Of James Moodie Esq Of Melsetter. For The Use Of Mr Donald Moodie. Details of accounts. Shows that Tangible Funds minus Preferable Burthens leaves an inadequate amount to defray Personal Debts. Unrecovered amounts are noted to an amount in excess of this, said amount is exclusive of several sums said to be recoverable but which are in dispute. No name shown of author but probably in the hand of James Scott. The continual financial troubles of the Moodie family led to the sale of the Moodie estate in Melsetter, Orkney, and to the eventual departure of Benjamin Moodie to the Cape Colony. Lot 178 James Scott. AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT. Comparative View Of The Funds Of James Moodie Esq. Conveyed In Trust And Of The Debts Due By Him. dd Edinburgh 19th December 1816. Details of accounts. "The foregoing general view of the funds and debts of Mr Moodie of Melsetter was drawn up for and submitted to the consideration of a general meeting of the creditors held on the 4th instant, by me accountant in Edinburgh acting for Robert Wilson Esq, Trustee for Mr Moodie And his creditors". Lot 179 Captain Lake. ALS dd May 15th 1746. From 'Exeter' in Cromarty Road. Noted on rear, "Capt Lake's letter to Mr Moodie desiring him not to proceed to sea in the Gibralter who intended to sail for London but to so rule the Dukes orders. This was wrote in Cromarty Road 15 May 1746". The letter notes: " ... it being desired that you shall be employ'd on a particular service". Lot 180 S.B. Venning. ALS to Benjamin Moodie, Port Beaufort, Swellendam, dd Edinburgh 20 July 1830. This is a copy of a letter, with a note by S.B. Venning, originally from W.A Turner to S.B. Venning, concerning the affairs of Benjamin Moodie and forwarded to him by S/. Venning on 20 July 1830. S.B. Venning was the merchant in Cape Town that Benjamin Moodie had a contract with to supply grain via Port Beaufort. The letter again concerns the debts of the Moodies, which may be finally resolved with a pending action against Lord Dundas for return of over-payments made by James Moodie for Superior Duties from the Estate of Melsetter prior to sale of said estate. Lot 181 Thomas H. Baird. AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT dated 17th January 1820. Case For William Scott Moncrieff Accountant In Edinburgh Trustee For The Creditors Of Major James Moodie Of Melsetter, For The Opinion Of Counsel. This is a statement of the facts of the case, followed by questions, and with the response by Counsel. Lot 182 James Moodie. ALS to Benjamin Moodie dd London May 4th to 20th 1816. Commences: "My Dear Son, I duly received your letter ... May God Bless You". Heavily concerned with the financial and legal issue with which the Moodie family were embroiled at that time, James Moodie was critical of the attempts of his son Benjamin Moodie to settle the estate which, he felt, did not provide for adequate security for him and his family to live. At this time he appears to have been residing in a tavern in Edinburgh, possibly as a result of legal action bringing him away from Orkney, and reliant upon Benjamin and others to support him. financially. Lot 183 Laurence Irving. HENRY IRVING. Inscribed ffep thus: "To __ With my grateful thanks. Dial "M" For Murder. Library Theatre 1954. (signed) Taubie Kushlick" Taubie Kushlick, (1910 - 1992, nee Taubie Braun) was a South African actress, theatre director, producer, and self-styled "First Lady of Theatre" Lot 184 Tini Vorster. 2 x ALS from Tini Vorster. The handwritten letters are affixed in a copy of W.J. Le Roux's 'GROOTE SCHUUR, Residence of South Africa's Prime Minister'. In her letter dd. 24/09/73 she is thanking him for some extracts from his memoirs. In the second dd. 7/10/73 she is thanking him for sending a signed copy of his father's book 'The Great Trek'. Book has inscription by Jean Walker. Gilt on white boards. 127pp illustrated colour & b/w. Inside, beneath protective plastic to feps, are two original letters from Tini Vorster (wife of J.B. Vorster, then Prime Minister of South Africa) to Dr Walker (son of author Eric Walker) on Libertas, Bryntirion, Pretoria, notepaper. -------------------------------------------------- Items on this auction are not available for pre-auction offers. Items unsold on the auction will be returned immediately to shop price on conclusion of the auction. If there is an item of interest, please do bid on auction. Post-auction offers are not accepted. Finally, we repeat our offer to assist you should you need help as a first-time bidder on the auction. Regards Ian Balchin. -- Fables Bookshop (Proprietor: Ian Balchin) Est. 1990 119 High Street, Grahamstown, 6139, South Africa. 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